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/Sounds like "pah" (as in "park") + "pah" (as in "park") + "SEE" (as in "see") + "toh" (as in "toll")/

Meaning

A very attractive, handsome man. An informal compliment that can be sweet between couples or bold when aimed at strangers. Common in Mexico, Colombia, and Venezuela.

Examples

That papacito is the new guy at work.

Ay papacito, that shirt looks amazing on you.

The penny finally dropped: someone finally understood something that had been going over their head. The image comes from old Mexican pay phones where you dropped a 20-cent coin ("el veinte") to make the connection. Used both sincerely when someone genuinely figures something out, and sarcastically when they took way too long.